uniflorous

[ yoo-nuh-flawr-uhs, -flohr- ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. having only one flower.

Word History and Origins

Origin of uniflorous¹

First recorded in 1750–60; uni- + -florous

Example Sentences

Rarely the inflorescence consists of very few flowers; thus Lygeum Spartum, the most anomalous of European grasses, has but two or three large uniflorous spikelets, which are fused together at the base, and have no basal glumes, but are enveloped in a large, hooded, spathe-like bract.

From Project Gutenberg